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The initiative was the latest and potentially most damaging conservative assault on Ms Merkel’s refugee policies since the crisis began in late August Chancellor Angela Merkel faced the prospect of major opposition to her open door refugee policy from her own Christian Democrats after a majority of her party’s MPs …

Warning comes as Merkel says Germany prepared to accelerate accession process for Turkey’s membership of EU in exchange for help securing borders The battle for Aleppo, compounded by Russian airstrikes on the city, threatens to create a new refugee exodus from Syria, Turkey’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, has warned. Speaking …

(CNN)A German mayoral candidate has been stabbed in the neck in an open air market, police said. The arrested suspect told police he was acting out of ethnic intolerance. He vented to officers his disapproval of the candidate’s liberal policies on refugees and criticized those of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, …

Angela Merkel’s coalition stands accused of being ‘in bed’ with the German car industry The global car giant Volkswagen was warned at least four years ago that the computer software at the heart of its diesel emissions scandal was illegal, but the company failed to act on the information and …

Former transport minister claims Mr Cameron buckled to pressure from German Chancellor to delay new emissions limits The Government is facing a political row over the independence and effectiveness of Britain’s automotive testing regime as the fallout from the Volkswagen emissions scandal continues to spread across Europe. The former Liberal …